Locomotive ash-pan.



W. PEARSON & E. P. QUATTLEBAUM,

LOCOMOTIVE ASH PAN.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.21, 1915.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916;

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LOCOMOTIVE ASH PAN.

APPLHLATION HLED 00121, 1915.

Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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' United States, residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and Stateof Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLoco'n'iotive Ash-Pans; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. l

The present invention relates to improve ments in locomotive ash pans,and has for an object to provide an improved ash pan from the bed ofwhich ashes may be dumpedwithout the necessity of stopping thelocomotive.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved ashpan formed with an inclined bed for directing the ashes received from.the grate to dump buckets, which may be operated by mechanism from thefiremans position in the locomotive cab.

A further object of the present invention resides in providing animproved ash pan of the above character which willbe equipped with adevice for introducing steam to the inclined pan bed for driving theashes into the dump buckets, and with spray nozzles for supplying waterto cool the ashes in the dump buckets prior to depositing on theroadbed.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar partsare indicated by similar reference symbols throughout'the several views,and in which v Flgure 1 IS a diagrammatic view of a locomotive equippedwith an improved ash pan constructed in accordance with the presentinvention; Fi 2 is an enlarged side elevational view 0 the ash pan,parts being shown in section; and Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the panon the scale shown in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, in Fig. 1 is designated indotted lines a locomotive, the ash pit of which is formed with wire meshwalls 1, supported from the locomotive frame in any suitable manner,

and which permit access of air and exit of dust and smoke withoutpermitting live coals or large particles tb escape.

The bed of the improved ash pan preferablyconsists of'a pair of walls 2and 3 joined centrally of the ash pit, and inclined downwardly therefromtoward the rear and trout of the locomotive, respectively. The walls 2and 3 maybe made in one piece from suitable material generally employedfor this purpose, or the same may be constructed singly and subsequentlyunited.

- Longitudinal side sills or hangers at and 5.are connected to thelocomotive framework, or to the ash pit walls 1, and serve to supportthe inclined walls 2, and 3, and said walls are advantageously joined'atopposite ends by transverse beams 6 and 7.

From an inspection of Fig. 2 it will=be apparent that the inclined'walls2 and3, forming the bed of the improved ash pan, terminate short ofthejlowerends of the side sills 4 and 5, and in the. space thusformedare arranged dump buck'etsa8 and 9, positloned angularly withrespect to said inclined walls and designed to catch the opposite sidesof the same," as disclosed in- Fig. 3, and fitted'in the adjacent sillsland 5'for mounting the buckets for revolution in that manner indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 2. To the dump buckets are connected rods 12 and13, curved at their outer ends to conform to the shape of the bucketbottoms, and connected for operation at their inner ends to levers 14and 15, respectively, which are located for convenience of manipulationby the fireman from his position -within the engine cab; or the same maybe connected to other mechanism for connect ing the dump buckets forsimultaneous control.

In substantially the center of the ash pan is supporteda stea'm jet 16,in communication with the steam dome or other source of supply through aconnection 17, and having two branches for directing the issuing fluidagainst the ashes in the inclined bottom walls 2 and 3and therebydriving the same into the dump buckets 8 and 9.-

Spray heads 18 and 19 are supported in i the improved ash pan above eachof the dump buckets S and 9, and the same are in communication with asource of water supply through pipes 20 and 21, and the same serve tovdeliver water upon the hot ashes to thereby cool the same prior todepositing. upon the roadbed.

In'operation, the ashes descendfrom the exccssive raking now usuall-vfrom time grate above to the improved ash pan and, falling-upon theinclined walls 2 and ii constituting the bed of the same, are therebydirected downward 'and into the dump buckets and 9, \\'hich action isassisted by the steam issuing from the jet 16.

As soon as sufficient ashes have collected in the buckets 8 and 9, thefireman may turn on the water supply and sprinkle the ashes from theheads 38 and 1-5) which will extinguish any live coals and cool themass, so as to prevent the likelihood ot the cross ties catchiug'lire.The levers l4 and may now be operated from the full line to the dottedline position shown in Fig. 2, and the buckets 8 and will he revolvedabout their pivots 10 and 11 and will deposit the ashes upon the roadbedwithout the necessity of stopping the locomotive, or of the l'equllt'lof the fireman. The buckets are returned to position by a reversemovement of the levers 14 and 15 in readiness to receive subsequentloads, and the operation may be repeated to time as necessity requires.

It is to, be understood that the improved ash panas above described maybe made in suitable sizes and with slight variations of construction tofit various typesof passenger-"and freight locol'notives, and it isapparent that changes may be made in the con struction, combinations andarrangement of parts without departing trom the spurt of our invention,provided such changes fall Within the scope of the appended claim.

We claim In a locomotive ash pan of the character described, thecombination of mesh side walls, a bottom including; a pair of inverted IV-shaped hangers, a pan of diverging inclined bottom walls supportedfrom said hangers and terminating at their lower ends short of the lowerends of said hangers to provide spaces therebetween, beams connectingthe ends of said hangers above said spaces, dump buckets, trunnions onsaid buckets journaled in the lower ends of said hangers and supportingsaid dump buckets angularly in said spaces and with their adjacent endsnormally in contact with the lower ends of the bottom Walls forreceiving the ashes therefron'i, steam jets for driving tures. Y

\VALTER PEARSON. EDWIN l. QUATTLEBAUM.

